The Dutch robot Flame is the robot that imitates best human walking. You might believe this is easy, but if you look carefully at someone walking, you will surely see all the gestures walking implies. TU Delft PhD student Daan Hobbelen is its creator, and this is his PhD work thesis.

A tournament has been held this week in Fukoka City, Japan, called the Blaser where Kondo’s KHR-1HV were featuring lasers and sensors. People watched a battle of the robots in a mock-up city and it really is interesting, but a bit dangerous. Watch the video after the jump.

The Off-road Loescheinheit (OLE) is a product of the University of Magdeburg-Stendal, located west of Berlin. OLE is a robot which has the shape of a pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare) and is supposed to prevent fires in the Black Forest from Germany.
It is equipped with powdered fire-extinguishing agents and water tanks, and it also has guiding and detection features such as GPS, heat and infrared sensors. Its shape was inspired from the interlinking armor of the bug, and from that concept resulted the fireproof suit. OLE has six feet, which …

The ABB IRB 340 FlexPicker is a robot used for picking and sorting items like sausages or croissants on a production line. Its leg reminds of the scary machinery from The Matrix, the one that pulled people out of their ’sleeping’ boxes filled with nutritional fluids. The image of this robot in action is surely more peaceful, with sausages instead of humans.

Its ‘leg’ can go from 0 to 280mph in one second, it is optimized for fast pick-and-place cycles, and is able to manage payloads of up to 2kg. The …

Toshiba introduced to the world a robot that is without any doubt the most interesting so far. What makes it so interesting is the fact that he can talk, learn to work the remote control and it looks very cool. The researchers of the Japanese company called it ApriPoko and it will be operated by voice-command. The robot will measure 11-inch tall and it will weigh 5 pounds.
ApriPoko uses an infrared device which senses infrared signal and asks “What did you just do?” and after you will answer something like …

BigDog is one of the world’s most ambitious legged robots, as a YouTube video shows. The key feature is the ability to maintain course and carry on with the task no matter what kind of terrain it faces. The robot is shown climbing a forest hill, climbing the same hill with snow on it, making its way through a pile of bricks, keeping its balance after slipping on ice or after being kicked from one side. It can even jump without stepping on a colored area of the road. All …

A team of researchers from the Stanford University, California, have designed a robot which could climb vertical walls and is destined to climb Martian hills and cliffs in order to find rocks that will help the humanity to learn more about Mars’s geology. The four-limbed robot is called Capuchin, it weighs about 7 kg and is faster and more agile than a previous robot, Lemur, also built by the Stanford University.
Capuchin is so much better than Lemur, it can climb 40 times faster than its predecessor thanks to an technological …

Here is a robot concept designed to climb walls and to diagnose the integrity of a building’s structure. The robot is called C-Bot and it climbs walls in a clever way using its footpads which are covered in nano-hair. Another feature that helps it when climbing is a sensor which emits ultrasonic rays.
The C-Bot is big enough to carry around a human, althouh it doesn’t need an extra-package on-board. This robot could be very useful because the architects are designing taller and taller buildings which might encounter some very dangerous …

Researchers have finally found a way to keep birds away from airports. After ten years of researches they managed to develop the  Falco Robot GBRS, meaning Gregarious Bird Removal System. The robots are remote-controlled and can scare the birds from Genoa airport. This really is an ingenious way to improve air traffic in airports.
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A cool mini-robot designed and built by James Watt, but the best thing about this robotic insect is the fact that it flaps his wings with power coming from the sun. The dragonfly includes several solar cells and some electronic circuits. Interesting looking concept but this is not the only one from James. Can’t wait to see what are his future projects!